Saying the R-word out loud

In Any Way You Slice It, Stan Cox - the author of Losing
Our Cool, the controversial and widely
acclaimed examination of air-conditioning’s many
impacts - turns his attention to the
politically explosive topic of how we share our
planet’s resources.
From The New Press

“An iconoclast of the best kind, Stan Cox
has an all-too-rare commitment to following
arguments wherever they lead, however
politically dangerous that turns out to be.
In this richly informative and deeply
courageous book, he tackles one of the
greatest taboos of our high-consumer
culture: the need to consume less and to
fairly share what’s left.”

“Today, rationing is
about as acceptable a topic of conversation
as hemorrhoids. But that doesn’t mean it
isn’t happening. From death panels to water
wars, Any
Way You Slice It explains with wit
and sophistication how rationing happens.
More important, Cox gives us the tools to
talk about rationing sensibly. And if we
heed him, those conversations will not only
be better informed, but might even lead to a
better democracy.”

—Raj Patel,
author of The
Value of Nothing

"Powerful social history
recommended for business and social sciences libraries alike"
— California Bookwatch

Cox's presentation to the Prairie Festival, The Land Institute, Sept. 28, 2013

“Time is running out for
incremental, piecemeal solutions to looming global threats. In Any Way You
Slice It, Stan Cox offers a way out
through a kind of ethical and rational
triage. He maps out a plan to ration the
Earth’s shrinking resources in a way that is
socially just and ecologically sane. This
brave book is not for the timid or those
frozen by political taboos, but it is a
must-read for those who want to forge real
change before the ecological doomsday clock
strikes midnight.”

— Jeffrey St.
Clair, editor of CounterPunch
and author of Born Under a Bad Sky

“A cool and cogent analysis of a taboo
subject . . . a brilliant opening of a
global dialogue on who gets what, when, why,
and how.”